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Poaching animals is a massive problem for park rangers, particularly in Africa's national reserves.

A new smart camera system, created by Dutch company Hack the Planet, may provide a solution.

Thijs Suijten, an engineer, explains how the smart cameras communicate with a minicomputer and an artificial intelligence (AI) system, with immediate effect.

This smart system operates in real time, which means it is a vast improvement on the system in use.

Currently, rangers have to visit the camera traps twice a year to replace the batteries and download the data from the camera cards.

Eight of these devices were put to work in Gabon in 2021, where the focus was on human-elephant conflict.

Having identified a wild elephant, the system instructs loud speakers to blast out loud noises, scaring the animal away at once.

The photographic equipment is also environment-friendly as it runs on solar energy.

The cameras are just one of the tools in the war against poachers.

Hack the Planet has also come up with a cell phone sensor, which can spot nearby SIM cards - in remote locations this often shows that criminals are present.

Having been tried out in the Netherlands, Gabon and Slovenia, these are now being put to good use in anti-poaching efforts.

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